dope

n.

1807, American English, "sauce, gravy, thick liquid," from Dutch doop "thick dipping sauce," from doopen "to dip" (cf. dip (v.)). Extension to "drug" is 1889, from practice of smoking semi-liquid opium preparation. Meaning "foolish, stupid person" is older (1851) and may have a sense of "thick-headed." Sense of "inside information" (1901) may come from knowing before the race which horse had been drugged to influence performance. Dope-fiend is attested from 1896.

dope out

verb phrase

To explain or clarify; figure out: I doped that all out myself(1906+)

dope

modifier

: a dope fiend/ dope stash

onderful; excellent; cool, rad, super: It's a dope day, dude!/ Redman was one of the people Andre said was dope/ have, in the parlance of the street, become ''dope'' and ''phat,'' i.e. cool, greatest(1980s+ Teenagers)

noun

Any narcotic drug, legal or illegal •First applied to opium, by 1889: They searched him for dope/ The doctors kept him full of dope(1895+)

Coca-Cola2: Jim Bob sat down and ordered a large dope(1915+)

Any liquid, esp a viscous one, used for a special purpose: massaged his lamps with fragrant drug store dope(1872+)